Vehicle-fender.



A. J. KOLANKO.

VBHCLB FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.11.191.

1,085,6 1 3. Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

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VEHICLE FENDER.

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VEHICLE-FENDER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

Application led January 11, 1913. Serial No. 741,409.

To all inkom it may concern: A

Be it known that I, ANTONI J. KoLANKo,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented 'certain new and useful Improvements in-Vehicle-F'enders, of .which the following is a specification.

- My invention relates to limprovements in fenders for vehicles, and has for its object the provision of an improved fender especially adapted for use in conjunction with automobiles, cars and the like.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to. the accompanying drawingsforming a part of thisA specificatiom'and 1n which,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a fender embodying my invention, Fig. 2,. a transverse section of'the fender, Fig. 3, an enlarged detail vview illustrating a circuit breaker employed in the construction, Fig. 4, a top plan view of the fender with portions removed and other portions shown in section, and Fig. 5, a side elevation of the fender shown partially in section.

`The preferred form of construction, as illustrated in the drawings comprises a supporting frame constructed of pipes 1 constituting side bars and pipes 2 secured to pipes l and constituting cross bars of the frame. At their rear ends the pipes 1 are provided with supporting brackets 3 adapted to be secured to the forward portion of anfautomobile or other vehicle body. Reciprocatory rods 4 are arrangdd in pipes 1 and' springs 5 are imprisoned in said pipes and arranged to hold rods 4 in their for# .wardfposition A fender bar 6 is secured to the forward ends of rods 1 and circuit breaker members 7 are secured to lfender `bar 6 and coperate with circuit breaker members 8 on the forward bar 2 of the supporting frame, to break an electric circuit upon rearward movement of said fender bar. The

rear ends of rods 4 are connectedgwith operating levers 4 and these levers are connected by means of links 9 with a brake mechanism or other vo erating mechanism of (il When the fender is used in conjunction with an automobile one o f the links 9 is connected with the ordinary brake mechanism of the automobile, so that upon rearward movement of fender bar 6 the brake of the automobile will be automatically applied to stop the vehicle upon collision thereof witha person or other ob- )ect When the fender is used on a street car, one of the links 9 is'connected with the ordinary air brake controller thereof and the other lilik 9 is connected with the current controller, so that upon rearward movement of fender bar 6,' the air brakes of the car are applied and the current automatically cut less serious.

A receiving platform 10 is arranged on the supportin frame and is made downwardly yielda le by supporting the same on spring-held postsll reciprocating vertically in the supporting frame. At each corner receiving frame 1() is provided with a circuit breaker 12 coperating with a corresponding circuitbreaker 13 on the` corresponding portion of the supporting frame, whereby an electric circuit may be broken upon depression of any corner of receiving frame` 10. When the fender is used on an automobile, the di'erent circuit breaker members 7 8, 12 and 13 are all connected in series by means of wires 14 'in the ordinary ignitlon circuit of the automobile, so that upon rearward movement of fender bar 6 or upon depression ofA any part of receiving frame 11, the ignition circuit for lthe automobiley will ybe automatically broken and the engine instantly stop d. v While Ifhave illustrated)e and described the preferred form of construction for carry-- aoy therefore, do not wish to be limited to the` precise details of construction set forth, but

desire to avail myself of such variations` -and modifications as come within the scope of theappended claims. Having described y invention what.

I `claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent isz 1. The combi-nation with a vehicle, of va fender comprising two pipes constituting the side bars of a supportin frame; means for'securing the rear ends o said side bars to thev vehicle; spri j -held reciprocatory rods in said pipes; la ender bar secured to the forward ends of said rods; a downwardly yieldable receiving platform on said supporting frame; an electric circuit for said Vehicle; circuit breakers connected in said circuit. in series and arranged to be operated by said fender bar and platform; and an operative connection with one of said rods arranged to apply the brake of said vehicle, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a vehicle, of a fender comprising two pipes constituting the side bars of a supporting frame; means for securing the rear ends of saidv side bars to the vehicle; spring-l1eld ieoiprocatory rods in said pipes; a fender bar secured toV the forward ends of said rods; a downwardly yieldable receiving platform on said supporting frame; an operative electric eircuit `for said vehicle; a circuit breaker connested in said circuit and arranged to be operated by said fender bar; a circuit breaker 1n said circuit and arranged at each corner .of said platform to be operated by downL Ward movement thereof, all of said circuit breakers being connected in series in said eleetrie circuit; and an operative connection. with ene of said rods arranged to apply the brake of said vehicle, substantially as described.

in testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANTONI J. KOLANKO.

Witnesses:

JOSHUA R. H. Porre, A. A. QLSQN. 

